Prince Andrew full of excuses – accuser

NEW YORK: An American woman who

Epstein to have sex with Prince Andrew criticized the royal’s “ridiculous excuses” in an interview aired on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).

The interview was recorded before Andrew’s own BBC interview, which prompted him to stand down from public duties because of a backlash at his defence of his friendship with Epstein.

But Virginia Giuffre called on the British public to support her as she dismissed claims initially made by the prince’s backers that a photograph apparently showing him with his arm around her might not be genuine.

“The people on the inside are going to keep coming up with these ridiculous excuses like his arm was elongated or the photo was doctored,” she told the BBC’s Panorama programme.

“I’m calling BS (b******t) on this. He knows what happened, I know what happened. And there’s only one of us telling the truth,” she said. “It’s a real photo. I’ve given it to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) for their investigation.”

Andrew himself doubted the authenticity of the photograph during his badly received interview, saying “nobody can prove whether or not that photograph has been doctored.”

Giuffre has alleged she was traf

Epstein when she was 17. Epstein was found dead in a New York prison in August awaiting trial on

She described how Epstein preyed on her once he knew she came from a vulnerable background, having already suffered sexual abuse.

with an offer as a job as a masseuse, but soon began abusing her, according to Giuffre.